Matthew Poole Commentary - Exodus 24:16

Matthew Poole Commentary - Exodus 24:16 - 24:16

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Exodus 24:16 - 24:16

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The glory of the Lord, i.e. the tokens of his glorious presence in the fire, Exo_24:17 Deu_4:36.

The cloud covered it from the eyes of the people.

The seventh day; so long God made Moses wait, either to exercise his humility, devotion, and dependence upon God; or to prepare him by degrees for so great a work; or because this was the sabbath day, called therefore the seventh with an emphatical article; and God might choose that day for the beginning of that glorious work, to put the greater honour upon it, and oblige the people to a stricter observance of it. So it was upon a Lord’s day that St. John had his revelation delivered to him, Rev_1:10.